Exam 2: Biology and Behaviour

What are the cerebral hemispheres, the corpus callosum, and the cerebral cortex?

Action potentials operate according to the "all-or-none law" because

The brain's ability to reorganize and compensate for brain damage is called

The site where vision registers in the cortex is the ________ and it is located ________.

The central nervous system includes

The fight or flight response is the result of activity in the parasympathetic nervous system.

The cerebellum plays a role in motor learning and in retaining memories of motor activities.

What is Wernicke's aphasia?

Which of the following is not one of the three types of areas in the cerebral cortex?

The process that produces an action potential is best described as

The process by which neurotransmitter molecules are taken back into the axon terminal is called

The ________ nervous system connects the brain and the spinal cord to the rest of the body.

One of the activities of glial cells is the release of neurotransmitters.

None of the imaging techniques discussed in the chapter can show brain activity. They only show structure in varying degrees of detail.

The amygdala plays a critical role in balance and movement.

The brain stops growing

Electrodes are implanted into the brain of a monkey. If the monkey is behaving aggressively, stimulation of the electrodes causes the monkey to stop. In which of the following areas is the electrode most likely implanted?

The thin outer covering of the cerebral hemispheres is called the

What is an action potential and how is it generated?

The fluid-filled gap between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron is called the